| aleutian mink disease virus in furbearing mammals in nova scotia, canada. | aleutian mink disease virus (amdv) is widespread among ranched and free-ranging american mink in canada, but there is no information on its prevalence in other wild animal species. this paper describes the prevalence of amdv of 12 furbearing species in nova scotia (ns), canada. | 2013 | 23394546 |
| prevalence of the aleutian mink disease virus infection in nova scotia, canada. | despite many years of testing mink for serum antibodies against the aleutian mink disease virus (amdv) by counterimmunoelectrophoresis (ciep) and elimination of reactors, this virus has remained the number one disease threat for the mink industry in nova scotia (ns). the objective of this study was to analyze ciep test results to determine the success of the amdv-control strategy in ns. a total of 2,964,920 ciep test results from 82 ranches, spanning an eight-year period between 1998 and 2005, w ... | 2012 | 22497690 |
| reduced severity of histopathological lesions in mink selected for tolerance to aleutian mink disease virus infection. | the objective of this study was to measure the effect of selection for tolerance on the severity of the aleutian disease (ad) lesions in mink. sensitivity and specificity of antibody detection in the blood by counter-immunoelectrophoresis (ciep) relative to the presence of aleutian mink disease virus (amdv) in the spleen by pcr in naturally infected farmed mink were also estimated. carcasses of 680 sero-positive (ciep-p) black mink from 28 farms in nova scotia, canada, and from 132 sero-negative ... | 2017 | 28249174 |
| a survey of aleutian mink disease virus infection of feral american mink in nova scotia. | spleen samples from 14 mink that were trapped in 4 counties of nova scotia were tested for the presence of the aleutian mink disease virus (amdv) by polymerase chain reaction. viral dna was not detected in samples from kings county (n = 2), but was detected in all the mink sampled from colchester (n = 2) and halifax (n = 6) counties, and 3 of 4 mink from yarmouth county. the high level of amdv-infected mink in colchester and halifax counties may pose a serious threat to the captive mink and wild ... | 2010 | 20357945 |